Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation was a joint venture aerospace company created September 1923 by the American Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and the German Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik (the Zeppelin Company). They operated together until December 1940 and are notable for building dirigible airships for the US Navy. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Person | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer | Harold Gustav Dick | 1930 | 1940 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1929/11/00 | Construction begins on the USS Akron (ZRS-4), a helium-filled rigid airship for the United States Navy. The frames is made of the new lightweight alloy duralumin 17-SRT. | Builder | Goodyear Airdock | Akron, OH | |||
| 1933/04/11 | USS MACON is christened by Jeanette Whitton Moffett, wife of Admiral William Moffett. Built by Goodyear Aerospace at the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio | Builder | USS MACON (airship remains) | Goodyear Airdock | Akron, OH | Fate of the USS Macon |
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